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Langlois
Langlois or L'Anglois is a surname of French origin. It may refer to: * Aimé Langlois (1880–1954), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons *Al Langlois (born 1934), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexandre Langlois (1788–1854), French Indologist and translator *Anabelle Langlois (born 1981), Canadian pairs figure skater *Bruno Langlois (born 1979), Canadian racing cyclist *Charles Langlois (actor) (1692–1762), French actor who spent a large part of his career in Sweden *Charles Langlois (politician) (born 1938), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993 *Charles-Victor Langlois (1863–1929) French historian and paleographer who taught at the Sorbonne *Charlie Langlois (1894–1965), Canadian professional hockey player * Chibly Langlois (born 1958), Haitian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Christian Langlois (born 1963), Film director from Montreal, Canada *Daniel Langlois, Canadian media company founder and philanthropist *Denis Langlois (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Langlois
Henri Langlois (; 13 November 1914 – 13 January 1977) was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema. His film screenings in Paris in the 1950s are often credited with providing the ideas that led to the development of the auteur theory. Langlois was co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française with Georges Franju and Jean Mitry and also co-founder of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) in 1938. Through close collaboration with the Cinémathèque's longtime chief archivist, Lotte Eisner, he worked to preserve films and film history in the post-war era. An eccentric who was often at the center of controversy for his methods, he also served as a key influence on the generation of young cinephiles and critics who would become the French New Wave. In 1974, Langlois received an Academy Honorary Award for "his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois
Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (; 3 August 1777 – 29 September 1837) was a celebrated French painter, draftsman, engraver and writer. He became known as the "Norman Callot". He taught both his daughter Espérance Langlois and his son Polyclès Langlois and they often assisted him with drawings and engravings. Biography Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois was born at Pont de l'Arche in Normandy on 3 August 1777. His father, André-Girard Langlois, was an advisor to the king and Master of Forestry. Although he showed early interest in art, Eustache-Hyacinthe seemed destined for a career in the administration. However, the French Revolution broke out on 1789 and his father was forced to emigrate to escape lawsuits. Langlois was imprisoned, but was released through the intervention of Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure. In 1793 he began to study art at the École de Mars in Paris under the painter Jacques-Louis David. In 1794 he was conscripted into the army, but managed to obtain hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anabelle Langlois
Anabelle Langlois (born July 21, 1981) is a Canadian pair skater. She is the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships with Cody Hay and the 2002 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships silver medallist with Patrice Archetto. Career Langlois teamed up with Patrice Archetto in 1998. She fractured her skull as a result of a fall on a throw jump at the 1998 Canadian Championships. She wore a hockey helmet for six months afterward. Langlois/Archetto won the silver medal at the 2002 Four Continents Championships, five Grand Prix medals, and five Canadian national medals. Jan Ullmark coached the pair in Edmonton. Their partnership ended when Archetto retired from competition in 2005. Langlois teamed up with Cody Hay in 2005. The pair finished 4th at the 2006 Skate America. They were forced to withdraw from their second event, 2006 Cup of Russia, because the airline lost Langlois' skates. Langlois/Hay took bronze at the 2007 Canadian Championships and were named to their fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chibly Langlois
Chibly Langlois (; born 29 November 1958) is a Haitian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is bishop of Les Cayes since 15 August 2011, and president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference. Pope Francis, on 22 February 2014, elevated Langlois to the College of Cardinals. Langlois is the first Haitian cardinal. He is the only one among the new cardinals at the February 2014 consistory who was not an archbishop. Biography Langlois was born in 1958 in La Vallée in southeast Haiti to a poor family. Langlois entered the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame of Port-au-Prince in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology. Years later, from 1994 to 1996, he studied at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology. He was ordained as priest for the diocese of Jacmel on 22 September 1991. On 8 April 2004 Langlois was appointed bishop of Fort-Liberté by Pope John Paul II. On 15 August 2011 he was appointed bishop of Les Cayes by Pope Benedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espérance Langlois
Louise Marguerite Espérance Langlois (19 October 1805 – 4 December 1864) was a French painter and printmaker. From her marriage to the lawyer and businessman Jean-Adrien Bourlet de la Vallée she was also known as Espérance Bourlet de la Vallée. Life Espérance Langlois was born on 19 October 1805 at Pont-de-l'Arche in Normandy. Her grandfather had been an adviser to the king of France. Her father was the artist and antiquarian Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois. Throughout her childhood the family lived in great poverty, first in Pont-de-l'Arche and after 1816 in Rouen, while her father struggled to live by selling his work. These included drawings of old architecture and gothic-style illustrations of legends. Both Espérance and her brother Polyclès Langlois were taught by their father and often assisted him with drawings and engravings. Espérance Langlois married Jean-Adrien Bourlet de la Vallée. Their son Alexandre Bourlet de la Vallée was a classmate of Gustave Flau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Langlois
Daniel Langlois (born 1957 in Jonquière) is the president and founder of the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris, and Media Principia Inc. Daniel Langlois also founded Softimage (company), Softimage Inc., serving as its president and chief technology officer from November 1986 to July 1998. The company is recognized in the fields of cinema and media creation for its digital technologies and especially its 3-D computer animation techniques. Softimage software was used to create 3-D effects in such films as ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', ''The Matrix'', ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''Men in Black (1997 film), Men in Black'', ''Twister (1996 film), Twister'', ''Jurassic Park (film), Jurassic Park'', ''The Mask (1994 film), The Mask'' and ''The City of Lost Children''. Before establishing Softimage Inc., Langlois earned a bachelor of design degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He also worked eight years as a film director and animator for pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Charles Langlois
Jean-Charles Langlois, known as The Colonel (22 July 1789 – 1870) was a French soldier and painter. Biography Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1806 and fought, as an infantry officer at the battles of Wagram, Gerona and Waterloo with a bravery that had him seriously injured and appointed colonel at the young age of twenty-six. After he retired on half-pay, Langlois devoted himself to painting. Studying with Girodet-Trioson, he specialized in landscapes, painting battles only, for he considered these to embody the most intense experiences life could offer. His paintings include the '' Fire of Moscow'', the ''Battle of Eylau'', the ''Battle of the Nile'', the ''Battle of Montereau'', the ''Battle of Borodino'', the ''Battle of Wagram''. He also used photography to document the Crimean War where he traveled with photographer Léon-Eugène Méhédin. He specialized in panoramic painting after having seen the ''Panorama of At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Langlois (actor)
Charles Langlois (1692–1762) was a French actor who spent a large part of his career in Sweden, where he was to play an important part in Swedish theatre history as the originator of the first national theatre in Sweden, and its first director. He was also a composer. Life and career Charles Langlois was born in Paris and became an actor early in life with a travelling theatre troupe who toured the French countryside. He married his colleague, Jeanne Perrette le Chevalier, with whom he had a son, Alexandre, in 1718. Moving to Sweden In 1723, Langlois and his family arrived in Sweden as members of the troupe, which was hired to perform at the theatre of Bollhuset in Stockholm under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Landé. His speciality was playing kings and peasants within French theatre, and Scaramouche on the Italian stage, while his wife took the parts of queens and other characters. He wrote a libretto to celebrate the birthday of the Swedish queen in 1724, and performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Langlois
Bruno Langlois (born March 1, 1979) is a Canadian former racing cyclist. Career Born in Matane, Quebec, Langlois began his professional career in 1999 with the ''Jet Fuel Coffee – Vitasoy'' cycling team. In 2012, along with directeur sportif Phil Cortes, Langlois rode for Canadian cycling team , ranking second in the final general classification of the Tour de Guadeloupe. He was ranked as the best climber in a UCI World Tour one day race in his home country, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a very hilly course. In 2014, Langlois was riding with , before he returned to for 2015. Major results ;2006 : 1st Overall Tobago International ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Shenandoah : 1st Stage 2 Tri-Peaks Challenge ;2008 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour de Québec : 3rd Overall Classique Montréal-Québec Louis Garneau ;2010 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Québec : 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Road race, Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Langlois
Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress, who has appeared in movies, television and theater. Life and career Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French language school becoming fluent in French. In 1974 she represented Hamilton in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant, where she finished second. Langlois graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton. She made her film debut in Claude Chabrol's mystery ''Blood Relatives'' (1978) opposite Donald Sutherland. Chabrol also cast her in his next feature, ''Violette Nozière'' (1978). Langlois made a number of other films in Canada, including the thriller ''Phobia'' (1980), directed by John Huston. She appeared in another 1980 film, ''Klondike Fever'', and played leading roles in three films that have acquired cult followings: the horror film '' Happy Birthday to Me'' (1981), the teen actioner ''Class of 1984'' (1982) (co-starring a young Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Victor Langlois
Charles-Victor Langlois (May 26, 1863, in Rouen – June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and was a lecturer at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, bibliography, and the history of the Middle Ages. Langlois attended the École Nationale des Chartes and earned a doctorate in history in 1887. He taught at the University of Douai before moving to the Sorbonne. He was director of the National Archives of France from 1913 to 1929. Langlois was a leader in use of the historical method, which taught a scientific form of studying history. His "Manual of Historical Bibliography" was a fundamental manual on how bibliographic methods, which went along with his studies of the historical method. His 1897 work ''Introduction aux études historiques'', written with Charles Seignobos, is considered one of the first comprehensive manuals discussing the use of scientific techniques in historical resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Langlois
Joseph Albert Oliver "Junior" Langlois (November 6, 1934 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1958 and 1966. Langlois started his NHLcareer with the Montreal Canadiens in 1958 and ended in 1966 with the Boston Bruins. He was the last Bruins player to wear #4 before Bobby Orr made the number famous. He also played with the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ... and Detroit Red Wings. Langlois won the Stanley Cup three times, with Montreal in 1958, 1959 and 1960. Langlois died on September 19, 2020 at the age of 85 in California. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links *Al Langlois' Day With the Stanley Cup 1934 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
